Just a woman with down-home encouragement & advice for your everyday life.

Author: thevintageheart

I am a high school History teacher in NC. I have been married now for almost 4 years. I am a follower of Christ and God has been teaching me and growing me in so many areas of my life (which is quite often difficult!). I love the Lord, I love my husband, I love my sweet puppies, I love to garden, I love to read, and I love to dance.
Throughout my life, people have told me I act older than my age. Since I became a History major in college, I have sworn up and down that I was born in the wrong decade, and sometimes even century. Learning about the cultures and times of the past has made me realize that, yes, we have so much wonderful technology today that has made life easier, but we are so much busier for it. Sometimes, it would be nice to just go back to a little more simplicity.

**Spoiler Alert!!! If you’re a fan of the show “Call the Midwife” but you haven’t watched this past season (season 7) & you plan to…you may want to be wary of today’s post. I’ll try to be as vague”ish” as possible…but that doesn’t always work so well with me…just sayin’. So…in the last 2 episodes… Continue reading Joy: A Matter of Perspective

“Two are better than one because they have a reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up…Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold… Continue reading Urgent Accountability

11 Years. That is the amount of time it took me to finally realize what so many people had been telling me I do. The first time I heard that phrase was from my mom when I was back in high school. One night, in the kitchen, she uttered the 2 words in the title… Continue reading Too Much

I know I talk a lot about my faith & a lot about being productive, but I think it’s easy to forget that those 2 things should combine in our daily lives. If we call ourselves Christians but our work/productive life is totally separate from our faith, then something is off. I was reminded of… Continue reading To Do List Prayers

My Goodreads challenge for this year is to finish reading at least 2 books per month, so a total of at least 24 books this year. So far this month I’ve finished reading 1 book & I’m working on 3 others. All 4 of these books are fantastic. 2 of them are continuations of books I’ve… Continue reading Radical Reads of January, 2018

I am not ashamed of the fact that I am a #goalmaker & #goaldigger. I am very much a Type A personality & while even though I’ve recently begun cutting back on the excess in my life, it’s making me work all the harder to find ways to help myself become more & continue to… Continue reading 3 Apps to Help You Stay Productive in the New Year